Re: [Amc-list] Howell TBI on 232ci '63 Classic...

[Russell Neyhart <rtneyhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good Morning Tom,

    Perhaps injectors from a Chevy 2.8 V6 would do?

Russ (from Pa.)

Tom Jennings wrote:
> It runs! Sort of...
>
> Man the job took 50 hours. Popped the head, valve job etc, 81 or 83 
> aluminum intake and matching exhaust, then the Howell kit that I bought 
> from Russ. There's crapload of detail! Wiring, plumbing, fuel pump, etc.
>
> It started right up, but it ran super-crazy rich. White smoke, chugging. 
> Oh I forgot to tighten the hose clamp on the fuel return line, so for a 
> good 5 minutes it dumped excess gas down the driveway... a moment of 
> panic and I ran the hose, about all I could do.
>
> That fixed, it ran really badly. Too rich. I unflooded it, then on a 
> lark popped the connector off one of the injectors... ran pretty good!
>
> It's definitely in closed-loop, it drives OK with one injector down the 
> street and back. With two, it chugs, loads up, the CHECK ENGINE light 
> comes on... either injector works, not both.
>
> It's definitely in closed-loop, I can see and hear the pulsewidth change 
> when I fiddle one, two injectors, rev it up, etc.
>
> I hope I can figure out how to pick size-smaller injectors. This is a 
> 232, not a 258...
>
> Anyone foll with TBI systems?
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